Thomas "Stonehammer" Metcalfe, Governor, U.S. Senator

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7909145/thomas-metcalfe

Whig Politician from Kentucky. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1819 and served until his resignation in 1828 after being elected Governor. He served as Governor of Kentucky from 1828-1832. In 1848 he was appointed to the US Senate upon the resignation of John J. Crittenden and served until 1849.

United States politician, serving many different posts throughout his life, including U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Kentucky. Metcalfe County, Kentucky was named after him.

Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Metcalfe moved with his parents to Fayette County, Kentucky and learned to be a stone mason. He served as captain in the War of 1812.

Metcalfe was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1812 to 1816. He was also elected to the Sixteenth and four succeeding Congresses in the U.S. House of Representatives, and served from March 4, 1819, until his resignation June 1, 1828. There he was the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Militia.

Metcalfe became the Governor of Kentucky running as a National Republican, and served from 1828 to 1832. He then served as a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1834 to 1838. He was the president of the board of internal improvements in 1840. Finally he was appointed and subsequently elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Crittenden. He served from June 23, 1848, to March 3, 1849.

After his term in the Senate Metcalfe engaged in agricultural pursuits and died near Carlisle, Kentucky. He was interred in the family burial ground at "Forest Retreat" in Nicholas County, Kentucky.

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